glad
    adj 1: showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made
           happy; "glad you are here"; "glad that they succeeded";
           "gave a glad shout"; "a glad smile"; "heard the glad
           news"; "a glad occasion" [ant: sad]
    2: eagerly disposed to act or to be of service; "glad to help"
       [syn: glad, happy]
    3: feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth"
    4: cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"
       [syn: beaming, glad]
    n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native
         chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped
         leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-
         shaped flowers; widely cultivated [syn: gladiolus,
         gladiola, glad, sword lily]

Glad \Glad\ (gl[a^]d), a. [Compar. Gladder; superl.
   Gladdest.] [AS. gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad
   smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla[eth]r
   glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and
   prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous.]
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   1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to
      sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons,
      and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive,
      and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
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            A wise son maketh a glad father.      --Prov. x. 1.
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            He that is glad at calamities shall not be
            unpunished.                           --Prov. xvii.
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            The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            He, glad of her attention gained.     --Milton.
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            As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak.
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            Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak.
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   Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak.
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   2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting
      joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
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            Her conversation
            More glad to me than to a miser money is. --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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            Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
                                                  --Milton.

   Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted;
        happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating;
        pleasing; animating.

   Usage: Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses
          a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified
          always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human
          agent, and the feeling is modified by the
          consideration that we owe it in part to another. A
          person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and
          gratified at the attention shown by his visits.
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Glad \Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Gladding.] [AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden,
   v. t.]
   To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer.
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         That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden.
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         Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
                                                  --Pope.
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Glad \Glad\, v. i.
   To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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